Architectural elements

"A philosophy of architectural design, emerging in the early 20th cent., asserting that in structure and appearance a building should be based on organic forms and should harmonize with its natural environment." — Dictionary of Architecture and Construction Organic Architecture is a style that aims to be in unison with the environment. It strives to be in harmony with nature; not dominate and destroy it. This architectural style seeks to blend in with its environment, to appear as if the house…

Architectural Beauty The architectural debate about symmetry and proportion As Vitruvius said, there are three principles of assessing an architecture, which are “durability, convenience, and beauty ”. Another renowned architect Albertii also defined three main factors: firmitas, utilitas and venustas (robustness, utility and beauty). So we could confirm that the beauty is a widely accepted requisite element of architecture. In terms of the beauty, most of the time it is related to visual…

Domain Context: Cultural influence & Architectural influence 5.4. Basically Wyly theatre is a cultural building. Its role is mainly to create a place for acting and performing different types of art. Actually, building design has gone beyond this by providing a space that expands potentialities to unexpected level. The cultural impact of the building is intensive and deeply effective (Wise 2015; 2010). Otherwise, the building design has received great support and high cheering from architects…

into the top of the dunes. The Medhurst House is a glazed pavilion floating in Miesian serenity above serried rows of vines. In contrast to these ancient earthbound types, the Cape Schanck and Medhurst houses are based on a typology that defies architectural tradition and history. Rather than grounded, they appear airborne. The Cape Schanck House is a black elongated rectilinear tube of space that resembles a giant box kite landing on the dunes. The Medhurst House, floating above the vineyard,…

This paper looks at how Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and Andre Tarkovsky's Solaris (1972) make art cinema out of the popular genre of science fiction. Of particular interest is the representation of extraterrestrial space and how it is used to explore key concerns of science fiction, including the relation of humans to technology, humans to aliens, and the present to the future. This paper focuses on the different ways that Kubrick and Tarkovsky construct environments to shape…

stone elements rather than thick ones as in plate tracery. The glass rather than the stone dominates when bar tracery is used giving a more delicate, web-like effect. Tracery is a Gothic invention of upmost importance that eventually whole buildings, like the Sainte-Chapelle in France were to be defined and composed of tracery and the glass it contained. This technique also adds to the building looking visually more ornate and decorative. St Peter’s Cathedral features all these elements with a…

geometry to find and advise the new constructed structures, in the meantime initiating the road, enhancing the forecourt 's utilization, and guaranteeing essentialness in the general population area with the tower square (Chua, 2015). Moreover, the architectural design of his new works may shock some, however for it is grounded in the building heading of some of his last un-built…

the perspective provided by World War 1 - and later World War 2 - to begin a new architectural movement: Brutalism. Brutalism was a movement dedicated to the image of strength and function, a staple of Le Corbusier’s philosophy. World War 1 showed Le Corbusier the volatility of architecture,…

replacing timber with bamboo as structural element and preserving the traditional architectural form. In Bhutan, bamboo is traditionally used as an infill material for timber-framed house. However, as the cost of timber is going up and supply is limited, people are switching over to concrete, thereby abandoning a rich architectural tradition. This building is built not only for earthquake resistant structure but to preserve and promote the traditional architectural form. 3.1.2.1 Constrcution…

Regionalism vs. International Style Intro For international style, the prime architectural symbol is no longer the dense brick, but the open box. For regionalism, the styling tied to geographical and cultural context. Critical regionalism and international style have many differences in their beginning, their pioneers, their philosophy, and the architecture how was influenced by Definition International style is architectural style buildings dominating the twenties and thirties of the…